Pictures labeled in English and French are grouped in such familiar categories as "At home, " "At school, " "On the street, " and "On vacation."

Learning French is easy...when you get the picture Whether you are five or eighty-five, it is easy to learn French with McGraw-Hill's French Illustrated Dictionary. Inside you will find vibrant drawings that cover topics such as around the house, transportation, food, people, education, and more. Each picture features words and phrases in French and their translations in English. For more help, the accompanying audio CD features the pronunciation of each word or phrase by native speakers of French. You can listen to the disk on your computer or load it onto your tablet, iPod, or other MP3 device. You'll have your French language learning resource with you wherever you go, organized in easy-to-access categories. With McGraw-Hill's French Illustrated Dictionary, you will: Add 1,400 words and terms to your French vocabulary Learn how to pronounce French words and phrases Speak French with confidence Learn at home or study on the go Select the topic, then listen to the audio, read the French, and remember the art. Use shuffle if you want to test yourself. The MP3 files on the disk play on all computers and MP3 players. Screen images will vary between iPod models. iPod is a trademark of Apple, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries.

Charming characters and easy-to-understand contextual sentences add up to foreign language dictionaries that children will adore! The Just Look 'n Learn Picture Dictionary series can be used as a way to build the language skills of children ages seven through twelve, or as home reinforcement of school learning for students grades three through six. Each book defines and illustrates more than 1,500 commonly taught words in the language. Accompanied by colorful and fun illustrations, each entry begins with a headword given in English, followed by its translation and example sentences in both languages--all to make the meaning of each word perfectly clear. Also, these dictionaries aid learning of numbers, days of the week, directions, and telling time in the new language. Both adults and children will find that this series makes language learning easy and enjoyable.

Pictures labeled in English and French are grouped in such familiar categories as "Good morning!," "In the bathroom," "Breakfast time," and "In the street."

From Thomas Jefferson to John Rawls, justice has been at the center of America's self-image and national creed. At the same time, for many of its peoples-from African slaves and European immigrants to women and the poor-the American experience has been defined by injustice: oppression, disenfranchisement, violence, and prejudice. In Identity and the Failure of America, "John Michael explores the contradictions between a mythic national identity promising justice to all and the realities of a divided, hierarchical, and frequently iniquitous history and social order. Through a series of insightful readings, Michael analyzes such cultural moments as the epic dramatization of the tension between individual ambition and communal complicity in Moby-Dick, "attempts to effect social change through sympathy in the novels of Lydia Marie Child and Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson's antislavery activism and Frederick Douglass's long fight for racial equity, and the divisive figures of John Brown and Nat Turner in American letters and memory. Focusing on exemplary instances when the nature of the United States as an essentially conflicted nation turned to force, Michael ultimately posits the development of a more cosmopolitan American identity, one that is more fully and justly imagined in response to the nation's ethical failings at home and abroad. John Michael is professor of English and of visual and cultural studies at the University of Rochester. He is the author of Anxious Intellects: Academic Professionals, Public Intellectuals, and Enlightenment Values and Emerson "and Skepticism: The Cipher of the World."